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Kate grabbed her arh the toy-strewn house At the kitchen, Kate paused just long enough to pour two glasses of white wine and then they went outside to the chairs positioned in the grass The quiet gurgling noise of the waves took Tully back hts they used to sneak out and sit by the river, talking about boys and sharing smokes

Tully sat down in one of the weathered Adirondack chairs and spread the knitted blanket over her After all these years and no doubt countless washings, it still sarettes and perfume

Kate drew up her blanketed knees and rested her chin on the bumpy summit, then looked at Tully "Talk," she said

"What should we talk about?"

"How long have we been best friends?"

"Since David Cassidy was groovy "

"And you think I cant tell when so?"

Tully sat back, sipping her wine The truth was that she wanted to talk about this—it was, after all, part of the reason shed flown all the way across the country—and yet, now that she was here with her best friend again, she didnt kno to start Worse than that, she felt like an idiot co in her life She had so much

"I thought you were crazy to give up your career For four years, every tiround I kept thinking Id kill myself if that were ly happy I could never quite get it "

"Someday youll knohat its like "

"No, I wont Iuess I was the crazy one, wanting nothing but the career "

"Its a hell of a career "

"Yeah But so to say, but I home to an empty house "

"You can change your life, you know But you have to really want to "

"Thank you, Obi-Wan "